Han Dang is stronger

Chapter 208

After finally coaxing the little girl from Qi Min to wait in other tents, Chen Ping hurriedly came to Xiang Kang. Not here, the envoy called Xiang Yu waited at the guest tent first.Chen Ping was confused, and asked very strangely: "General You, the former general took the initiative to send someone to contact us, and we just happened to be able to learn about the latest situation in the Central Plains battlefield. Why did you find an excuse to not see him?"

"Mr. Chen Ping, have you forgotten the news we heard in Ye County?" Xiang Kang asked back, and said, "Someone of the tyrannical Qin officials captured by us confessed that our king of Chu State has issued an order to announce that Whoever can lead the army into Guanzhong first will be the king of Guanzhong. If this rumor is true, the letter sent by my elder brother may be related to this matter."

Chen Ping was stunned, and immediately understood what Xiang Kang meant, and said, "Is it possible that the right general is worried that the former general will force you to return to the Central Plains and not allow you to directly enter Guanzhong?"

"It's hard to say." Xiang Kang said with a serious face, "It's not that I, the younger brother, slandered elder brother behind his back. My former general elder brother is indeed a bit lenient on the outside and jealous on the inside. It shows that he is bold and generous, but in fact he is a bit small When he was in Baima, if he had listened to my advice and dispatched an army to attack Dangyin in advance, and join us to cut off the retreat of the main force of the Tyrant Qin, Zhang Han and Wang Li would have been wiped out by us in Handan County long ago. But he was afraid that I would seize the opportunity to capture and kill Zhang Han and succeed my uncle as the general of the Chu State. I deliberately missed that rare opportunity. Now if the King of Chu really promulgates the decree that the first to enter Guanzhong will be the king, what do you say? How could he just watch me marching from Wuguan, rushing into Guanzhong before him?"

Recalling the incident of Dangyin, Chen Ping nodded slightly, and then asked: "General You, how should we deal with it?"

"That's why I invited you here, sir." Xiang Kang replied: "I would like to ask you, sir, to meet the envoy sent by my elder brother for me, and help me figure out his purpose. There is a preparation, so as not to be caught off guard after meeting, and I will not be able to explain to my elder brother in the future."

Chen Ping promised to go to meet Xiang Yu's emissary immediately for Xiang Kang, but Xiang Kang stopped him and said, "Sir, just to be cautious, you might as well find a way to get my elder brother's emissary drunk, and then put my elder brother's emissary intoxicated." I quietly brought my brother's letter, let me read it first, so that I can prevent everything in case."

"The right general is really cautious." Chen Ping smiled wryly, but he still clasped his hands and replied, "Don't worry, the right general, I will wrap it on my body."

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Let's take a look at the situation of Xiang Yu's envoy. The envoy Xiang Yu sent to contact Xiang Kang was called Hao Kui. Thanks to the luck of the group, they didn't meet Qin Jun's careful investigation along the way, and also escaped the current plethora of thieves and bandits in Yingchuan County. They went south to Ye County with Xiang Yu's letter very smoothly. The Young Marshal Army stationed in Ye County got in touch, and after revealing his identity, he was immediately sent to Wancheng by the Ye County Young Marshal Army.

It was only after entering the camp of the main force of the Young Marshal that Hao Kui, who had been traveling smoothly, encountered a little twists and turns. Xiang Kang, who was ordered to come to meet him, happened to be not in the camp. The army's guest tent waited in peace, but when Hao Kui was a little bored, the curtain suddenly opened, and Chen Ping, a young commander who Hao Kui had met once, walked in with a smile. Hao Kui hurriedly got up and saluted, Respectfully said: "Hao Kui, Zhongjuan under the former general's account, met Lieutenant Chen."

"Do you know Hao Zhongjuan?" Chen Ping asked in surprise.

"When I was in Pengcheng, the villain was lucky enough to meet Lieutenant Chen." Hao Kui explained with a smile, "It's just that the villain has a humble position, so Lieutenant Chen probably doesn't remember the villain."

Chen Ping patted his forehead, and he really didn't remember the Hao Kui next to Xiang Yu, so he cupped his hands and said, "Forgive me, Zhongjuan, I really don't have this impression. Zhongjuan, please sit down, come here, hurry up and prepare wine and meat. I want to entertain the envoy sent by the former general on behalf of the right general."

After ordering the sergeants to prepare wine and meat, Chen Ping said apologetically: "Hao Zhongjuan, it's really a coincidence that our right general just happened to enter Wancheng on business, and he probably won't be back until evening, so I'm afraid you'll have to wait a while longer." .By the way, is it urgent? If it is urgent, I will send someone to urge the right general."

"No problem." Hao Kui said hastily: "The right general is busy with business, the villain dare not disturb him, it's not too late for the villain to see you when the right general comes back."

Chen Ping nodded with a smile, and casually asked about Hao Kui's origin and when he joined the Chu army. After learning that Hao Kui was from Wei, like himself, Chen Ping immediately beamed with joy, and talked with Hao Kui. Thanks to being close to a fellow countryman, Hao Kui never expected that Chen Ping, who was very valuable to Xiang Kang, would think highly of him so much. He was flattered, of course he was close to Chen Ping, and he was soon coaxed by the sociable Chen Ping Be happy, be happy.

Then, after the wine and meat were served, Chen Pingcai persuaded Hao Kui to drink while at the same time probing Hao Kui's intentions casually. Hao Kui was also straightforward, and honestly admitted that he was ordered by Xiang Yu to come south and urge the young commander to return. Division in the Central Plains, and helped Xiang Yu attack the Qin army in the Central Plains.Chen Ping nodded, and casually asked about the current situation of the Central Plains battlefield. Hao Kui also knew everything and said everything.

There is also an unexpected harvest, that is, when Chen Ping casually asked about the current situation in the rear of Chu, Hao Kui, in addition to giving a general introduction, said casually: "By the way, there is another important event that I forgot to mention, our king An edict has been promulgated, declaring that whoever can lead the army into Guanzhong first will be the king of Guanzhong."

"Is there really such a decree?" Chen Ping was taken aback, and hurriedly asked: "Hao Zhongjuan, the one who enters Guanzhong first is the king. Is this a hearsay? Or has the decree been issued by the king?"

"Of course, the world has already been discovered." Hao Kui said with a smile: "We, the King of Chu, also specially sent people to send this decree to the front line to inform the princes outside the pass, and encourage them to fight bravely and overthrow Tyranny as soon as possible. It was a sensation, and many people advised our former general to enter the army as soon as possible."

Chen Ping blinked his triangular eyes, then raised his wine glass, and said: "Your Majesty Shengming, promulgated such an edict, which not only solved the problem of the ownership of the Qin land after the Qin Dynasty was destroyed, but also inspired the morale of the anti-Qin coalition forces all over the world. It kills two birds with one stone. Great strategy! Come, Hao Zhongjuan, let's have a drink for the king's decree!"

Hao Kui agreed, raised his glass to respect each other with Chen Ping, and drank the wine in the glass, but Chen Ping just tasted it. They laughed and said, "You two have worked hard, let's go out for a drink too."

After saying that, Chen Ping immediately asked people to prepare wine and meat in other tents, and asked the two attendants brought by Hao Kui to drink there. Agreed, the two attendants were overjoyed and hurriedly thanked Chen Ping, happily went out of the tent to drink and eat meat, leaving Chen Ping and Hao Kui to continue drinking in the guest tent.

Then, of course, Chen Ping was eloquent, and he kept pouring wine on Hao Kui with all kinds of good things. Although Hao Kui, who was far inferior to Chen Ping in status, also refused, he still couldn't stand Chen Ping's enthusiasm, and he was dismissed after a while. Chen Ping blushed so much that his neck was thick, and he couldn't speak well. Seeing that the time had come, Chen Ping excused himself to go to the toilet and temporarily left the guest tent. Then, as Chen Ping expected, without outsiders present, the drunk Hao Kui soon lay down on the mat, snored loudly and fell asleep...

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Hao Kui was drunk and fell asleep, but what he never expected was that not long after he fell asleep, the letter from Xiang Yu he put in the package was quickly brought into Xiang Kang's military tent by Chen Ping and handed over to the In front of Xiang Kang.As a result, although the letter was sealed with mud, Xiang Kang didn't even blink his eyelids, and immediately picked up a knife to pry the mud. Chen Ping hurriedly stopped him: "You General, pay attention to the mud."

"It's okay. If this letter is beneficial to me, I will go to the guest account and say that I can't wake up the messenger, so I will open the letter directly. If it is not beneficial to me, I will find another way to deal with it."

Xiang Kang answered casually, and at the same time quickly pried off the sealing mud pressed on the knot, took out the letter surrounded by two blank slips and slips, and read it. He said: "Fortunately, I was careful and tried to read this letter first. Otherwise, if I opened this letter in front of my elder brother's emissary, things would be difficult."

"General You, what did the former General say in the letter?" Chen Ping asked curiously.

"Tell me to think that uncle's revenge is the most important thing, don't worry about personal gains and losses, and immediately return to Sanchuan to help him pinch the Qin army." (See Chapter [-] of this book for details.)
Xiang Kang replied casually, and handed the letter directly to Chen Ping. Chen Ping took it and read it carefully, and saw that Xiang Yu first directly told Xiang Kang that the first person who entered the pass would be king in the letter, and then moved to Xiang Kang. Yu Qing asked Xiang Kang to put the brotherhood of the Xiang family as the most important thing, first consider the great matter of avenging Xiang Liang, and immediately return to the battlefield of the Central Plains, and then promised to take the young commander as the vanguard after defeating the main force of the Qin army. Guguan directly entered the pass.

Just after reading the letter, Chen Ping immediately understood why Xiang Kang was so lucky, and said with a sneer: "The former general was very scheming, and he obviously didn't want you, the right general, to advance into Guanzhong and take away the throne in Guanzhong. He wanted to use brotherhood to force us not to go to Wuguan to enter the army, and not to give you, General Right, the chance to become the king of Guanzhong. Then as long as we attacked Hangu Pass, we could not succeed immediately. His main force quickly rushed to Hangu Pass, and the throne of Guanzhong King is His."

"He has spotted my weakness." Xiang Kangyi sneered, and said: "Among the Xiang family's children, I am relatively young, and my senior and junior ranks are very low, and I am not born in a long family. Give him three points of courtesy as the big brother, and he also played the banner of revenge for his uncle. If I refuse his request and insist on continuing to enter the army from Wuguan, a person who is greedy for the throne, ungrateful, filial and disrespectful to his elders will run away immediately. If I don’t drop it, I am morally passive, and it will give other people an excuse to turn against me and start a war.”

Chen Ping nodded, and knew that if Xiang Kang ignored Xiang Yu's letter, he would indeed be very passive in moral and public opinion. The main force of the Chu army and the young commander-in-chief met with swordsmen—only greedy for the throne and disregarding the overall situation, and refused to join forces with the Xiang family's children to give priority to revenge for Xiang Liang.

I understand Xiang Yu's viciousness and intentions, but Xiang Kang's brain is troubled by how to deal with the aftermath. He frowned and said, "What should I do about this? I definitely can't agree to my elder brother's request, but if I don't agree, I can't tell the world what to do." Someone explained."

"General You, there is only one way now." Chen Ping said: "Make this letter disappear. Anyway, the envoy sent by the former general does not know the details of the letter. He only knows that the former general asked him to invite you back to the Central Plains. If this letter disappears, General You can pretend that you don’t know that the former general was reasonable and emotional, and justifiably find other excuses to refuse. Then when the former general sends another letter, we will It should have already entered the pass."

"Wonderful." Xiang Kang smiled, and pouted at the charcoal stove in the tent for heating. Chen Ping understood, and immediately threw Xiang Yu's letter into the charcoal stove. The wooden slips burned quickly, just like Xiang Yu's sinister intentions. , gradually turned into a wisp of green smoke.

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In this way, of course, Hao Kui, the envoy sent by Xiang Yu, was pitiful. When Xiang Kang sent someone to wake him up and let him go to the Chinese army tent to meet him, Hao Kui opened his package and found that Xiang Yu's letter was missing. Immediately, the three souls frightened the six souls, and hurriedly shook off his belongings and searched carefully, but no matter how Hao Kui and his followers searched, Xiang Yu's letter just disappeared.In the end, Hao Kui had no choice but to run to Xiang Kang with a sad face and report that Xiang Yu's letter had been lost.

Fortunately, Xiang Kang is a good general with a gentle personality. He didn't lose his temper because Hao Kui lost his cousin's letter, and asked very gently: "Hao Zhongjuan, where did you lose the letter? Can you still think about it?" When I got up, where was the last time I saw my elder brother's letter?"

"This..." Hao Kui tried hard to recall, and after a while he replied with a sad face: "Forgive me, General You, but I really can't remember it. I only remember the last time I saw a letter from the former general, which seemed to be in Yangzhou. in the city."

"Then it's troublesome. It's so far from Yangcheng to Wancheng, where can I find elder brother's letter?" Xiang Kang said very embarrassed.

"Please, General You! Please, General You!" In extreme fear, Hao Kui simply knelt down to Xiang Kang and said repeatedly, "The villain didn't lose the former general's letter on purpose, the villain really didn't do it on purpose. Lost the former general's letter! The villain just lost the former general's letter because of his carelessness."

"Then do you know what my elder brother said in the letter?" Xiang Kang asked again.

"I don't know, the former general's letter is sealed with mud, and the villain dare not peek at it." Hao Kui replied truthfully, and then said: "The villain only knows that the former general wants you to return to Sanchuan immediately, General You, to help Attack the main force of the Qin Dynasty in front of us."

"There is no need to be so troublesome." Xiang Kang refused directly, and said: "I have already made preparations for the Western Expedition, and I will take the main force to Wuguan the day after tomorrow. When I go directly from Wuguan to Guanzhong, the violent The Qin court will definitely have to recall their troops outside the pass to rescue the pass, and then brother can take the opportunity to enter the army and attack back and forth with me to destroy Tyranny."

"But the right general, the former general..." Hao Kui was still loyal to his duty, and boldly said: "The former general wants you to return to Sanchuan directly."

"I will be away, and the emperor's order is not acceptable. I will write to him to explain my elder brother's request." Xiang Kang refused very simply, and then said: "Don't worry, I will report to you for your lost letter. Elder brother begs for mercy, please don't punish you too much."

Hao Kui had no choice but to quickly salute and thank Xiang Kang, and Xiang Kang immediately asked Zhou Zeng next to him to write a letter for him to Xiang Yu, in which he introduced the current situation of the Young Marshal Army, claiming that he The purpose of entering Guanzhong was to encircle Wei and save Zhao, and to share the pressure for Xiang Yu at the strategic level. In the end, Xiang Kang fulfilled his promise and actually wrote a letter for Xiang Yu's messenger Hao Kui, asking Xiang Yu to write a letter to tell him the content of the lost letter.

Early the next morning, Xiang Kang first sent someone to send Hao Kui and his party away, and then immediately announced to the public the decree that Xiong Xin entered Guanzhong first to be king. Not to mention the result, they all hoped to follow Xiang Kang to win the glory and wealth of the young marshal Seeing that there was a better opportunity, none of the generals cheered and hoped that Xiang Kang could lead the young generals into Guanzhong and become the new King of Qin in Guanzhong, so that the meritorious officials of the young generals could be named marquises. Getting promoted and getting rich greatly boosted morale, and also strengthened his determination to directly march into Guanzhong.

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While the young generals were cheering, on the battlefield in Hanoi hundreds of miles away, after finding out the important information that Zhao Gao went crazy and split the main force of the Qin army into two, Xiang Yu also led the main force of the Chu army and the coalition forces of the princes to advance to the front line of the flood again. , also adopted the suggestion of Chen Yu, a famous scholar at the end of Qin Dynasty, and sent an envoy to send a letter to contact Zhang Han, persuading Zhang Han, who had already been deprived of a large amount of military power, to surrender and surrender. Successfully repelled the crossing attack of the Qi army.

The failure of the ally Qi army made Xiang Yu very angry. Xiang Bo, who had always disliked Xiang Kang, also ran out to fan the flames, saying: "It's all Kang'er's fault. If he doesn't fight blindly and go farther and farther south, he will help us at this time." Directly marching into the hinterland of Sanchuan, why should we be so passive?"

Reminded by Xiang Bo to think of the young commander in the south, Xiang Yu counted the time for a while, and quickly said: "There is no need to worry, it is time for my envoy to contact Brother, Yingchuan Nanyang does not have that branch." The Tyrant Qin army can be his opponent, and he should be able to return to the Sanchuan battlefield soon."

"Nephew, it's not me, my uncle, who is talking about you." Xiang Bo said with a sneer, "With just one messenger and one letter, you want to persuade Kang'er, who has always been disobedient, to return to his teacher to help you. Is it possible? Now, the king has issued an edict again, saying that whoever can advance to Guanzhong will be the king of Guanzhong. Seeing such a good opportunity, why don’t he quickly march directly from Nanyang to Wuguan and enter Guanzhong?”

"He dares!" Xiang Yu snorted heavily, and said, "In the letter to him, I have made it very clear that I want him to think that the second uncle's revenge is the most important thing, and I promised to let him enter Hangu Pass first. Having said this to this point, if he still dares not covet the throne, disregarding his siblings and second uncle's blood feud, and directly marches towards Wuguan, I will be the first to spare him!"

After saying that, Xiang Yu added in his heart, "If he really dares to do that, even if he really rushed into Guanzhong before me, I will use the excuse of being unfilial and disrespectful to start a war against him and restore my throne. Take it back!"

(End of this chapter)